Mysterious and beautiful object, the "Urna di Sant'Anastasia", which owes its name to the fact that it houses the relics of the saint, was originally created as a lectern for sacred books. 

The artifact, which constitutes one of the most significant testimonies of early medieval artistic culture in the upper Adriatic area, features a rich decoration that develops on the three faces of a single block of white marble of Greek origin. 

The most important face, which serves as a cover, is divided into three sections: in the central one, a blossomed cross dominates, enclosed within a round decorated with a herringbone pattern, while in the upper and lower sections appear two pairs of twisted arches.

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